INFOGRAPHIC: 10 Things You Should Know About Flamin' Hot Cheetos

I began eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos in high school, scarfing down bags until my lips were as purple-red as its distinctive tint and my palms looked as if I had just suffered stigmata. I rarely eat them anymore but have marveled at how the chips have exploded in America--a stoner obsession, a kiddie phenomenon on the level of SpongeBob, and as grave a threat to adolescents for busybodies as Four Loko.

After the jump is an infographic outlining the essentials of the snack: the good, the bad and the, um, vagina-related. . . .

Gustavo Arellano is the editor of OC Weekly, author of the syndicated column "¡Ask a Mexican!", and Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America. He started at the paper with an angry, fake letter to the editor and went from there—only in Anacrime!